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Suspected terrorist threatens U.S., allies

November 18, 2005|By Items compiled from Tribune news services.

JAKARTA, INDONESIA — A masked man believed to be one of Asia's most wanted terrorists appeared in a video seized from his hideout threatening attacks against U.S. allies in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, police said Thursday.

Malaysian fugitive Noordin Mohamad Top is widely seen as a key leader of Jemaah Islamiyah, a group linked to Al Qaeda that has been accused of orchestrating at least four deadly bombings targeting Westerners in Indonesia since 2002, including two strikes on Bali.

"Our enemies are America, Australia, England and Italy," the man said. "You will be the target of our next attack."

Police said it was the first time such a recording had been made in the world's most populous Muslim nation.